Lifestage

Lifestage Raw Adult: Chicken review

Name: Lifestage Raw Adult: Chicken
Brand: Lifestage

90.2/100Outstanding

RawAdult

Flavour

Raw feeding with the extras already folded in. A named animal and its own organs lead each recipe, and then the label keeps going: prebiotics, dosed joint support and a full vitamin and trace element panel printed for every tub. All five sit in our Outstanding band, clear of the middle of the adult raw field.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Older and hard-worked dogs, with glucosamine and chondroitin dosed on every label
Dogs held to one animal. The Beef, Chicken, Salmon and Turkey keep to a single species, oil included
Owners who want the vitamins and minerals declared, not assumed
Digestion that needs a hand: chicory extract, inulin and MOS in every tub
Anything from a lapdog to a giant, with portions guided from 5kg to 40kg

Worth watching

No bone in the Salmon. Rotate it with the others
Chicken leads the Lamb & Chicken, which matters if lamb was the reason you chose it
Freezer space, fridge defrosting and a proper clean-up after each meal

Written by our editorial team. Independent guidance, not veterinary advice.

How this scores

How we score

90.2/100Outstanding

Protein and processingOutstanding

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueOutstanding

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of every size. Fat varies a lot between recipes, so reweigh the bowl whenever you swap.

Food type

Raw

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Beef 91.7
Salmon 91.6
Lamb 90.4
Turkey 90.3
Chicken 90.2

All five Outstanding. Typical raw food: Outstanding.

So little separates the five that your dog's preference is a better guide than any ranking of ours.

What's in it

Chicken with bone69.5%One bird from top to bottom.
Carrot, broccoli, kale, spinach10% down to 1%The same four in every tub, which makes rotating easy.
Chicken liver9%The entry doing the quiet work.
Chicken hearts3%
Linseed oilOmega 3 without a fish oil.
Chicory extract, inulin, MOS, yeast
Glucosamine, chondroitin400 mg/kg and 300 mg/kgDoses printed, not merely named.
Yucca extract, thyme, cranberry, dandelion root, marigold, ginger, turmericTrace level. Character more than nutrition.

Vitamins A, D3 and E per kilo, with zinc, manganese and copper as both sulphates and glycine chelates, plus iron and iodine.

Named ingredients

Chicken with Bone (69.5%), Carrot (10%), Chicken Liver (9%), Broccoli (5%), Chicken Hearts (3%), Kale (2%), Spinach (1%), Linseed oil, Chicory Extract, Inulin, MOS, Yeast, Glucosamine (400 mg/kg), Chondroitin (300 mg/kg), Yucca Extract, Thyme, Cranberry, Dandelion Root, Marigold, Ginger, Turmeric.

Against the range

Protein, dry matter: 50.9%; 38.1% on the Salmon to 58.2% on the Turkey
Fat, dry matter: 34.5%; 16.4% to 52.4% across the five
Energy: 133 kcal per 100g; Mid-range

Middle-of-the-range richness that suits most adult dogs without adjustment.

A named animal with its bone leads four of the five tubs, at 63% to 70.5%, with that animal's liver, heart, lung or kidney straight behind; the Salmon is boneless fish at 81.5%. Carrot, broccoli, kale and spinach are the same in every recipe. Linseed oil supplies omega 3 on four, and the Salmon adds no oil at all.

Every tub closes with chicory extract, inulin and MOS, glucosamine at 400 mg/kg and chondroitin at 300 mg/kg, then a few herbs at trace level. Each recipe prints its own vitamin and trace element panel. The analyses vary more than the build suggests: fat runs from 16.4% to 52.4% of dry matter.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

133.2 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

14%

Fat

9.5%

Fibre

0.5%

Ash

2.5%

Moisture

72.5%

Dry weight

Protein

50.9%

Fat

34.5%

Fibre

1.8%

Ash

9.1%

Carbs

3.7%

As-fed composition

Estimated breakdown of the finished product by ingredient category, from the declared ingredient list and ingoing weights. These are estimates, not measurements.

Meat

81.5%

Veg

18.1%

Oils

0.2%

Other

0.2%

Pricing & size